What are you reading? - Page 63

Martina · 04-06-2012, 03:41 PM

Just finished The Spellman's Strike Again by Lisa Lutz. Better than the last one. The one after this -- it's a series -- i heard was a big let down, so i hesitate to invest.

It's about a neurotic family of Private Investigators, and it's set in San Francisco.

Softly · 04-06-2012, 05:34 PM

I actually picked this book up today while I was at the mall. My friend told me, with a giggle, that I should read it. I read the reviews before purchasing, so I am not overly excited about reading it. I read that the writing is horrible. I am more curious about the BUZZ all around it.

I'll let you know my thoughts in a couple days!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sachita

Has anyone read this trilogy? If so and you thought it was great please thank me or rep me to tell me why. So much buzz about it.

50 Shades of Grey

Amazon.com: Fifty Shades of Grey: Book One of the Fifty Shades Trilogy (9780345803481): E L James: Books

thanks

Sachita · 04-07-2012, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Softly

I actually picked this book up today while I was at the mall. My friend told me, with a giggle, that I should read it. I read the reviews before purchasing, so I am not overly excited about reading it. I read that the writing is horrible. I am more curious about the BUZZ all around it.

I'll let you know my thoughts in a couple days!

exactly and thank you. I don't mind investing some of my free time to escape into fiction but I'd be pissed if I spent a few hours and money into trash. Some of these high buzz novels can be like that.

Julien · 04-07-2012, 06:34 PM

I just finished J.R.Ward's new book, Lover Reborn. Yes I like those vampire books. Escapist fantasy. I don't know what I'll pick up next. I've also been reading S.M. Stirling's The Change series. This one is a very good read. Enjoy everyone.

Metro · 04-07-2012, 06:51 PM

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson

ISBN-10: 0679763880

tonaderspeisung · 04-08-2012, 05:53 PM

just finished this one
maybe it was the really bad boston accent going on in my head as i read
but i had a hard time getting through this one

SoulShineFemme · 04-08-2012, 07:17 PM

A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness

trixie · 04-08-2012, 08:45 PM

"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

"The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

"Cross" by James Patterson

and a ton of work papers

JAGG · 04-08-2012, 09:38 PM

"Republic lost" by Lawrence Lessig

femmedyke · 04-09-2012, 03:15 PM

Halfway through "Under The Never Sky" by Veronica Rossi and loving it! (thanks for the recommendation!)

I like reading a lot, but am immensely into this dystopic/sci-fi fiction right now. Any other recommendations? I've read AngelFall by Susan Ee and Divergent, both excitingly different and excellent. Please, recommend away!

tonaderspeisung · 04-10-2012, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maria

My Stroke Of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.

A neuroscientist's personal journey through her own stroke.

Fascinating stuff.

this sounded really interesting so i borrowed it yesterday
at first i was incredulous that someone (a brain scientist none the less) suffering a stroke and losing "pathways" to so many things would retain this experience with so much detail but the book won me over
i couldn't put it down
very information packed and still accessible reading
plus fascinating is right

thanks for sharing this find

i now have a completely different outlook on the childhood times i shared with my stroke affected grandma

Talon · 04-12-2012, 12:46 PM

"The Lonely Doll"
by Dare Wright

Softly · 04-15-2012, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sachita

exactly and thank you. I don't mind investing some of my free time to escape into fiction but I'd be pissed if I spent a few hours and money into trash. Some of these high buzz novels can be like that.

the writing was horrible!

but

I am actually looking forward to reading the 2nd book lol!
it comes out in a couple days (paperback)

it kept me interested

Breezy · 04-15-2012, 10:05 PM

Tao Te Ching

Lao Tzu

aishah · 04-21-2012, 04:42 PM

wow, i just realized it's been awhile since i've posted in here

my reading has slowed down a bit the last few weeks...

lately i've still been working through 'sex & disability'...
started reading 'health at every size'
and i'm halfway through 'the time traveler's wife' (borrowed it from my sis yesterday - i read half of it in the dr's office, that visit took like 5 hours yesterday, but it feels a bit like it's dragging to me so i don't know how long it'll take me to finish)
i've also been rereading 'the good and beautiful life' off and on for the third or fourth time.

aishah · 04-22-2012, 11:49 AM

okay, i made it halfway through the time traveler's wife on friday and i can't finish it. it's boring me to death. i don't understand why people love this book so much. i want to finish because maybe something magical happens in the second half (and my conscience will nag me if i stop) but...i just can't get into it. the writing is really pretty but that's not enough to sustain 500+ pages.

Toughy · 04-22-2012, 04:10 PM

mindless murder mystery dribble....

JD Robb (nora roberts) Eve Dallas novels

and

I forget the author....uhhh...Robert Lundlam I think.....Jack Reacher novels

also a Larry McMurtry (?) billy the kid novel

I'm so bad with names of books.....sometimes I never actually know the title of these mindless dribble books I read............

UofMfan · 04-22-2012, 04:36 PM

I'm obviously feeling like an overachiever:

A Game of Thrones

A Clash of Kings

A Storm of Swords

A Feast for Crows

A Dance with Dragons

genghisfawn · 04-22-2012, 04:38 PM

Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson

Soon · 04-22-2012, 04:39 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Thousand-Saints-A-Novel/dp/0062021028"]Ten Thousand Saints[/ame]

04-07-2012, 06:34 PM	#1244
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04-06-2012, 03:41 PM	#1241
Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,368 Times in 4,171 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Just finished The Spellman's Strike Again by Lisa Lutz. Better than the last one. The one after this -- it's a series -- i heard was a big let down, so i hesitate to invest. It's about a neurotic family of Private Investigators, and it's set in San Francisco.

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Metro Senior Member How Do You Identify?: • Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: • Posts: 1,606 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,476 Thanked 2,915 Times in 733 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson ISBN-10: 0679763880

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04-22-2012, 11:49 AM	#1256
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04-22-2012, 04:36 PM	#1258
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